NOTE: * Item 21 is new and items 22(A) and 27(C) have been revised. See important Commission meeting deadlines and procedures at the end of the agenda.

DAY 1 – OCTOBER 7, 8:30 A.M

1.

Public Forum Any member of the public may address the Commission regarding the implementation of its policies or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The issue to be discussed should not be related to any item on the current agenda. As a general rule, action cannot be taken on issues not listed on the agenda; at the discretion of the Commission, staff may be requested to follow up on such items. Submitting written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Commission. Please be prepared to summarize your comments in the time allocated by the presiding commissioner.

Public Forum Any member of the public may address the Commission regarding the implementation of its policies or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The issue to be discussed should not be related to any item on the current agenda. As a general rule, action cannot be taken onissues not listed on the agenda; at the discretion of the Commission, staff may be requested to follow up on such items. Submitting written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Commission. Please be prepared to summarize your comments in the time allocated by the presiding commisioner.

Approve the Department’s request for a 30-day extension to complete its evaluation of the petition to list the Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) as an endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act (Pursuant to Section 2073.5, Fish and Game Code)

22.

Wildlife Resources Committee Motion and Vote

(A)

Meeting summary

Receive and adopt recommendations

Update and direction concerning definition of frangible bullet

Update and direction concerning take of sambar deer

(B)

Work plan development

Update on current work plan and timeline

Discuss and approve new topics

Appointments to predator workgroup

23.

Items of interest from previous meetings

(A)

Action on petitions for regulatory change received at the August 2015 meeting Motion and Vote

(B)

Action on petitions for non-regulatory changed received at the August 2015 meeting

Acknowledge receipt of petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list as endangered via emergency regulation and via the listing process set forth under the California Endangered Species Act (Pursuant to Sections 2073.3 and 2076.5, Fish and Game Code)

(B)

Receive the Department’s evaluation of the petition to list as an endangered species (Pursuant to 2073.5, Fish and Game Code)

(C)

Receive and act on requests from the Center for Biological Diversity to reconsider the Commission’s June 2015 decision on whether listing as a threatened or endangered species may be warranted and to move consideration to the Commission’s December 2015 meeting.

28.

Department report on the status of Coho salmon (Pursuant to Section 2113, Fish and Game Code)

Pursuant to the authority of Government Code Section 11126(a)(1) and (e)(1), and Section 309 of the Fish and Game Code, the Commission will meet in closed Executive Session. The purpose of this Executive Session is to consider:

(A)

Pending litigation to which the Commission is a party

Big Creek Lumber Company and Central Coast Forest Assoc. v. California Fish and Game Commission (Coho listing, south of San Francisco)

James Bunn and John Gibbs v. California Fish and Game Commission (squid permits)